(Reuters) – Construction chemicals maker Sika reported on Tuesday a 17.3% rise in 2021 sales, boosted by a raft of acquisitions and the upturn in the building industry after pandemic closures the year before. The Swiss company, whose products are used to reinforce and water-proof concrete, said full-year sales rose to 9.24 billion francs ($9.98 billion) from 7.88 billion francs in 2020.
($1 = 0.9262 Swiss francs)
(Reporting by John Revill in Zurich and Akanksha Khushi in Bengaluru)
